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Today’s livestock headlines and expert perspectives serving cattle producers, processors, nutritionists and the greater livestock industry.
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) announced $1.5 million in grants to restore, improve and conserve resources in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming.
The American Angus Association congratulates Heritage Foundation inductees awarded at the 2022 Angus Convention.
Cattle mostly higher with steady cash, hogs mixed with disappointing exports. Grains start lower with slow exports and sharply lower BO. Scott Varilek of Kooima Kooima Varilek has analysis.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has denied an exemption for Hours-of-Service rules for truckers transporting livestock, insects and aquatic animals.
Cattle feeders capitalized on a tighter supply of market-ready cattle last week, while packers came back with sharply higher bids as they competed to own inventory needed to fulfill boxed beef sales commitments.
Expanding commercial deployment of robotic picking solutions, Soft Robotics’ Inc. has raised $26 million in funding
Industry experts joined the Consumer Perspectives Panel to explore new avenues for Certified Angus Beef® to meet consumer expectations and grow consumer trust and beef demand.
By analyzing expenses of your operation and where you spend your time each day, there may be areas to improve to create a more financially sustainable operation.
Although China imported more than $205 billion worth of agricultural products in 2021, including more than $37 billion from the U.S., trade barriers deterred China’s imports from reaching even higher levels.
Leaders of trade organizations representing hundreds of Michigan businesses called on Congress to intervene in the rail labor dispute that threatens to shut down America’s freight rail network in early December.
It seems likely that many producers have adjusted herd inventories, given hay and feed supplies, to be able get through the winter.
Genetic improvement can be complicated. Here’s a look at the basics.
Trust In Beef™ announced Syngenta has joined as a partner of the collaborative value chain program helping ranchers integrate climate-smart agriculture systems into their operations
Pelosi said the House this week will “take up a bill adopting the tentative agreement—with no poison pills or changes to the negotiated terms—and send it to the Senate.” Some industry leaders feel it will pass.
McDonald’s Corp. is accusing leading suppliers of pork of conspiring to fix pork prices over the past 14 years in a lawsuit filed Nov. 25.
Vilsack urged Mexico to “find a way forward” and said that if Mexico’s plans went unchanged, the U.S. government would be forced to consider all options, including legal action under the USMCA.
Agriculture is the seventh-most-hazardous industry in the United States, but ranch owners and operators can take steps to make their working facilities and equipment safer for everyone on the ranch.
Britt Farms of Clifton Hill, Missouri, located in Randolph County, has been selected as the recipient of the 2022 Missouri Leopold Conservation Award®.
The change will reduce the probability that U.S. beef could be hit with higher Japanese tariffs, according to the Office of the USTR.
Case IH and Farm Journal join businesses and community leaders in Mayfield, Ky., to bring hope and new light to the most wonderful time of the year.
The NCBA and the Public Lands Council (PLC) announced their opposition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) final rule to list the lesser prairie chicken under the Endangered Species Act.
After Paul Baker passed away unexpectedly in October, nearly 25 combines and 38 trucks came together for a touching tribute. The outpouring of support for Paul left his family full of gratitude and thanks.
Packers were forced to raise bids to acquire inventory during the holiday-shortened week, extending the autumn price rally.
John Phipps says Thanksgiving shouldn’t be a weather-dependent celebration. Gratitude doesn’t watch the 6-10 day forecast. John’s annual Harvest of Thanks message is a good reminder for your heart and mind.
When nearly 300,000 Oklahoma acres burned in April of 2018, Terry Burleson found himself caught in the wind-driven flames. His escape is nothing short of a miracle.
Any discussion about concentration in the beef supply chain needs to include the entire system, not just the packers.
Wheel-View Farm of Shelburne, Massachusetts has been selected as the recipient of the 2022 New England Leopold Conservation Award®.
Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory provides tips, assessments for overwintering livestock.
In the age of instant gratification, Wesley Crumpler is a throwback—a self-made farmer and rancher intent on paying the price for opportunity.
Improving hay feeding efficiency represents “low-hanging fruit” in many seedstock and commercial operations. Feeding strategies for large round bales can be separated into use of a hay feeder and rolling bales out.